alt Hacker NewsI remember the early days of the internet when hating surveillance was non-political.
Back when it was just nerds on the internet, and powerfull people with agenda's had not infiltrated everything
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I remember as a 14 year old (2004) thinking about how I'd make sites like TPB or 4chan without getting it shut down, a place that anyone could speak freely. Then Kim Dotcom happened, and even Lavabit, and I'm sure many others.
It's a thankless thing, but we need more people who are willing to just do it. Now I know some of you will point out that Kim Dotcom was hosting movies, shows, music, etc. That's not my point, look at HOW they took him down, and WHEN. They were trying to pass SOPA, claiming it would help them take down people like Kim Dotcom "because they couldn't" so what they did to Kim Dotcom was questionable from a legal perspective...
Sigh. I really do miss the internet before the 2nd and 3rd waves of "Eternal September" (Facebook then Smartphones) it was much nicer.
Even back then, it was partly various three-letter agencies manufacturing their own criminals to justify the budget.
Everything is political. Just people on the early internet tended to have a particular personality type that shared certain political views.
Half the people here are working to help them, intentionally or unwittingly.